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Camaro crashes in Upper Ojai after high-speed police pursuit
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 16:14
Ojai Valley News photo by Marianne Ratcliff
Ventura County firefighter John Harber and a Santa Paula police officer are two of several emergency personnel at the scene of a crash in Upper Ojai after a high-speed vehicle pursuit by Santa Paula police around 2 p.m. Friday, March 5.
A high-speed police pursuit on the two-lane windy Santa Paula-Ojai Road ended Friday, March 5, at about 2 p.m. when the driver of a red–and-white Camaro crashed off Ojai Road between Santa Paula and Ojai near Besant Hill School.
OUSD holds 2021-22 school registration tours
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 11:32
Ojai Unified School District elementary school staff will be holding in-person, small group tours of Meiners Oaks, Mira Monte, San Antonio and Topa Topa schools on March 12, 19 and 26.
Ojai leaders don't go with the flow
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:20
Photo by Bert Rapp, Ventura River Water District
The Ventura River at Foster Park was flowing at 2 cubic feet per second March 2.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
The state of California’s draft flow recommendations for the Ventura River are based on faulty assumptions and would drastically alter life in the Ojai Valley, according to local water experts.
Ojai's back yard — Sespe and Matilija wilderness and wild rivers up for expansion
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:17
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
Dry Lakes Ridge, located just west of Highway 33 and Rose Valley, lies within a proposed 12,896-acre addition to the Matilija Wilderness.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Feb. 26 would add stronger protections to public lands and wild rivers in Los Padres National Forest, including areas near the Ojai Valley.
Ojai Valley faces its third-driest winter
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:15
Map courtesy U.S. Drought Monitor
The current U.S. Drought Monitor map released Mar. 4 showed Ventura County in a moderate drought.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Ojai is experiencing its third-driest winter on record, with almost no rainfall in February for the second year in a row.
Skate Ojai founders launch new mission
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:12
Ojai Valley News photo by Austin Widger
Skate Ojai President Chet Hilgers (left) and founder Bob Daddi got the Ojai Skatepark built through the nonprofit, and are now advocating for an extension of the skatepark lease and a public pool.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ojai resident Chet Hilgers, president of the nonprofit Skate Ojai, is advocating for a prompt extension for the Ojai skatepark lease by the Ojai Unified School District Board of Trustees.
County COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 100
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:10
As of March 4, there were 77,883 people who ever were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ventura County, and 820 active cases under quarantine.
Oak View man arrested for assault after Ojai fight
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:06
Photo courtesy VCSO
Alexander Barrios
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Ojai police arrested an Oak View man on assault with a deadly weapon charges March 3 after a fight with another man in downtown Ojai.
Nordhoff Mock Trial team rules competition
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:03
Screenshot by Kevin Ruf
The Nordhoff High School Law Rangers mock trial team prepares for its competition.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ventura County Mock Trial concluded last week and Nordhoff High School had one of its best finishes ever, making it to the final eight teams.
Council OKs drilling a monitoring water well
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 10:00
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
The Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency was approved by the Ojai City Council to construct a nested monitoring water well within Ojai city limits on Fulton Street.
Scouts help restore Stewart Canyon
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 09:59
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
Scouts from Ventura Boy Scout Troop 111, (from left) Jack Carey, Tanner Jackson and Brandon Baldwin, worked with The C.R.E.W. to pull invasive plants in Stewart Canyon Creek, near Ojai City Hall Feb. 27.
Los Padres to start controlled burns in forest
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 09:56
Los Padres National Forest officials say they’re ready to begin their annual prescribed burning operations over the next few months.
Ask Dr. Halverson: There is a good chance the worst of the pandemic is behind us
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 09:54
By Dr. Jim Halverson
According to recent polls, two-thirds of Americans are either somewhat or very worried about the newer, potentially more contagious COVID-19 variants that are now present in the United States.
Read more: Ask Dr. Halverson: There is a good chance the worst of the pandemic is behind us
Pregúntele al Dr. Halverson: Hay una gran posibilidad de que lo peor de la pandemia haya pasado
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 09:52
By Dr. Jim Halverson
Según encuestas recientes, dos tercios de los estadounidenses están algo o muy preocupados por las nuevas variantes de COVID-19, potencialmente más contagiosas, que ahora están presentes en Estados Unidos.
Police blotter as of March 3, 2021
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- Published: Friday, 05 March 2021 09:50
City of Ojai
Crimes
• Vandalism was reported at East Matilija Street and North Ventura Street Feb. 22.